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Definition of coercive
: serving or intended to coerce coercive power coercive measures
coercively
adverbcoerciveness
nounFrom the M-W Editors
Recent Examples of coercive from the Web
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According to Reuters, the administration is indeed weighing a strategy of coercive diplomacy to pressure Pakistan in just that regard, which may include an escalation of drone strikes there, withholding aid, or even downgrading our relations.
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Because social restraints on speech do not violate the Constitution, Americans cannot rely on courts to develop a comprehensive framework for deciding which types of pressure are too coercive.
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The legal challenge alleges that SB4 — which goes into effect September 1 — is coercive and unconstitutional.
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The Nation pointed out in 2013 that skeeving people out is not a crime: Nothing Carlos Danger did was illegal or coercive, and, it should be pointed out, none of it actually involved physical contact.
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The Nation pointed out in 2013 that skeeving people out is not a crime: Nothing Carlos Danger did was illegal or coercive, and, it should be pointed out, none of it actually involved physical contact.
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A federal judge in California blocked much of the order last month, calling it coercive and ruling that Trump's attempt to withhold all federal money for such cities violates constitutional principles.
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U-T: But Russia has used cyber warfare alongside other more coercive types of warfare.
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Even if the president could do so, those conditions would have to be clearly related to the funds at issue and not coercive, as the executive order appeared to be, Orrick said.
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Origin and Etymology of coercive
COERCIVE Defined for English Language Learners
coercive
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: using force or threats to make someone do something : using coercion
Law Dictionary
coercive
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1 : serving or intended to coerce
2 : resulting from coercion to protect women from coercive intimacy — Kimberle Crenshaw
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